Entries from May 2010

Banks County’s boys’ track team finished its region meet Tuesday in Jefferson. Due to the inclement weather over the weekend, the first day of the competition was held on Friday. The Leopards finished with 34 points across 16 events for seventh place. North Oconee took the region championship with 143 points over Oglethorpe (105) and ...
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Jackson County had a higher percentage of people respond to the Census than the state and national average. In Jackson County, 74 percent of the residents filled out their Census form. The state participation rate is 69 percent and the national average is 72 percent. This year’s participation is also higher than the last count in 2000 when 67 ...
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A man sentenced to serve ten years for trafficking cocaine alleges he was savagely beaten by deputies with the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office while incarcerated at the detention center. Charles Muckle was awaiting transfer to state prison when he claims he was dragged out of his cell and beaten. Earlier this month, his attorney, John G. ...
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It is beyond ridiculous that Arizona’s new immigration law should be met with such widespread opposition and protest. The fact of the matter is that Arizona is simply doing the job that the feds should have been doing all along. If the laws currently on the books were being enforced as they should be, there would be no need for Arizona to ...
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Attorney Mike Strickland will serve as the city judge for the Town of Bethlehem effective immediately. After a 45-minute closed session to discuss potential/pending litigation and personnel, hiring a city judge, at Monday’s monthly council meeting, Mayor Sandy McNab announced that Strickland would serve the town as city judge. “We agreed ...
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A Winder man was arrested after attempting to stiff a cab driver for $250. Mitchell Drew Morris, 23, of 104 West May Street in Winder, reportedly called a cab to take him from Dekalb County to a home on Hwy. 82 in Winder. The cab driver said once they reached the Barrow County residence, he advised Morris that the fare would be $250. According ...
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Sherrilynn Lee is ready to see some positive changes in Barrow County, especially in law enforcement. Concerned by the recent spate of lawsuits against the Winder Police Department and other local agencies, Lee decided it was time to get answers to her questions concerning potentially unlawful police activities and do something to make sure the ...
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Although frustration with the Barrow County Board of Commissioners is palatable in the community, a move to hire a county administrator is less than an ideal solution. But that’s exactly what some members of the BOC propose to do in a bid to wrest control away from chairman Danny Yearwood, whose tenure has been one of running conflicts and ...
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An estimated 48 million addresses will be visited by census workers before July 10. Approximately 635,000 census workers will be making door to door visits to obtain information from households which did not mail back their census forms. “America’s had a very successful first half of the 2010 Census, where more than 72 percent of the ...
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The City of Winder Fire Department was recently awarded a $47,310 grant from the Department of Homeland Security. The department was notified of the award by United States Sen. Johnny Isakson on April 14. The funds are part of an “Assistance to Firefighters Grant” and will be used to enhance firefighter safety. A portion of the funds will ...
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